The Babington Arms, Derby - pub details
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Address: 11-13 Babington Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 1TA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 11214)
Derby (0.6 miles), Peartree (1.6 miles), Spondon (3.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
NB: Information may be incomplete or out of date as this pub is not currently registered.
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 46 users)
> Local guides: Derby pub guide, Derbyshire pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Neptune, Derby (0.0 miles), Ryans Bar, Derby (0.1 miles), Britannia Inn, Derby (0.1 miles), Coliseum, Derby (0.1 miles), Ranbys Public House, Derby (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Babington Arms, Derby
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| VERY good Weatherspoons (recently rated 3rd best in the country). Currently holds the Derby CAMRA pub of the year award. Go in there for the ale! They have 17 handpumps, and a large LCD screen tells you what each one is, where it comes from and what type it is (light/bitter/porter/stout etc) jarofporter - 29 Mar 2009 02:56 |
| Pleasant and welcoming Wetherspoons, with an excellent range of real ales (including many I previously never heard of such as a tasty Middle Mash from the Berrow Brewery). Usual range of cheap food deals, but thankfully they let you choose any real ale with the Curry Night specials. Nothing special architecturally, but first rate. rpadam - 28 Feb 2009 17:07 |
| jdw comment: The site of this Wetherspoon pub was once part of the gardens immediately behind the long-demolished Babington House. This 17th-century mansion was the home of the Babbington family, whose coat of arms depicted two baboons on a large beer or wine cask." *** This is the more modern of the two JDWs in Derby, and has a more relaxed, "pub" fell about it. It is situated more to the southern end of the city centre, off st.peters street. It has a folding door frontage, which can be opened in in the summer. There is also a small outdoor seating area at the front. *** The inside is mostly table seating, say for around 100-150, with a long bar along the right side. Our visit was on a saturday afternoon. The place was very busy but bar service was prompt. There were 12 cask ales on, and all different! We didn't try the meals in this instance, but the ales were in good form. *** verdict: not so interesting structurally as the Standing Order pub, but a friendly pub with good ale & service. A bit untidy when we called, but I think this was because it was extremely busy. A 7 from me. reynard - 5 Feb 2009 14:07 |
| Called in last month as I always do when in Derby and had a couple of beers to start the day's crawl round Derby. Managed to find 4 beers new to me from the excellent screen showong beers on the pumps. gillhalfpint - 17 Jan 2009 23:01 |
| Best selection of beer in any Wetherspoons I've ever been in and it all seems to be well kept. At least I've never had to send a pint back and I've had quite a few in here. The foods not bad either for a Wetherspoons. The kitchen seem to understand that if you order a steak medium rare this is not code for "please cremate me". ROBCamra - 9 Dec 2008 16:51 |
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